Siouxsie-BBC Box

[cubby]

Hopefully at the end of April, a three CD and one DVD box set of nearly everything the Banshees did with the BBC. All the BBC sessions bar The Rapture era one, three concerts (2 on CD, 1 on DVD), every Top Of The Pops performance, Old Grey Whistle Test, Oxford Road Show, Something Else.

[roefke]

sounds interesting, i hope there will be much rare stuff on it.

[Barmy]

I hope there is not an audible "pop" at 2:33 into "Peek-A-Boo".

[cubby]

A little more info on the upcoming BBC box set courtesy of www.recordstore.co.uk Release date now May 25th

‘Siouxsie and the Banshees at the BBC’ is a stunning 84-track, all digitally-remastered, 4 disc hard-back book set of exclusive BBC sessions, live concert tracks and TV performances recorded between 1977 – 2001 split across 3CDs and a DVD. All tracks hand picked by the band and featuring Siouxsie’s introduction to the liner notes.

Includes alternative versions of 18 classic hit singles – Hong Kong Garden, Playground Twist, Arabian Nights, Candy Man, Happy House, Cities In Dust, The Last Beat of My Heart, The Killing Jar, Christine, Melt!, Wheels on Fire, Spellbound, Israel, Fireworks, Dear Prudence, Peek-a-Boo and Kiss Them For Me, Swimming Horses.

Discs 1 and 2 feature key session tracks from 1977 – 1987 and a concert recording from the Apollo Theatre in Oxford in 1985. Includes the complete John Peel sessions alongside sessions recorded for Kid Jensen, Richard Skinner and Janice Long. Features 21 unreleased versions.

Disc 3 contains highlights from their BBC concert recordings at the Apollo Theatre in Oxford and the Royal Albert Hall in London in 1988, where the band performed a storming set 3 nights in a row to a sold out crowd. Highlights include a breathtaking Last Beat of My Heart , Christine and a rip roaring crowd pleasing end of show version of Hong Kong Garden.

Disc 4 is the real gem; a 29 track DVD of the band’s BBC TV performances. Features the complete Old Grey Whistle Test broadcasts from 1978, 1982 and 1985, the Something Else performances from 1979 and 1980, the Rock Goes to College broadcast from 1981 and the band’s complete Top of the Pops performances, complete, in places, with cheesy intros. This is a fantastic visual documentary of the band, starting with the OGWT performance of tracks from their debut album in1978; Metal Postcard and Jigsaw Feeling through the dark years of Juju, performed for the Rock Goes to College show and culminating with the beautifully pure pop bliss of Kiss Them For Me from Superstition.

Includes a fantastic 30 page booklet with extensive sleeve notes by Paul Morley. Features interviews with all the band members and a unique and insightful introduction written by Siouxsie.

[roefke]

very nice, i gonna save some money for that [;)]

[tenohtwo]

Awesome box, I just hope the DVD is region-free.

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[cubby]

Tracklisting for upcoming BBC Box Set



CD1 BBC Sessions


Love In A Void
Mirage
Metal Postcard
Suburban Relapse
Hong Kong Garden
Overground
Carcass
Helter Skelter
PLacebo Effect
Playground Twist
Regal Zone
Poppy Day
Halloween
Voodoo Dolly
But Not Them
Into The Light
Arabian Knights
Red Over White
Head Cut
Supernatural Thing


CD 2 BBC Sessions/Oxford Apollo 85 Part 1


Coal Mind
Green Fingers
Painted Bird
Cascade
Candyman
Cannons
Lands End
Shooting Sun
Song From The Edge Of The World
Little Johnny Jewel
Something Blue

Green Fingers (Oxford Apollo 85)
Bring Me The Head Of The Preacherman (Oxford Apollo 85)
The Sweetest Chill (Oxford Apollo 85)
Cannons (Oxford Apollo 85)
Melt! (Oxford Apollo 85)
Candyman (Oxford Apollo 85)
Lands End (Oxford Apollo 85)


CD3 Oxford Apollo 85 Part Two/Royal Albert Hall 88


Night Shift (Oxford Apollo 85)
92 Degrees (Oxford Apollo 85)
Pulled To Bits (Oxford Apollo 85)
Switch (Oxford Apollo 85)
Happy House (Oxford Apollo 85)
Cities In Dust (Oxford Apollo 85)

The Last Beat Of My Heart (Royal Albert Hall 88)
The Killing Jar (Royal Albert Hall 88)
Christine (Royal Albert Hall 88)
This Wheel's On Fire (Royal Albert Hall 88)
Something Blue (Royal Albert Hall 88)
Rawhead & Bloodybones (Royal Albert Hall 88)
Carousal (Royal Albert Hall 88)
Rhapsody (Royal Albert Hall 88)
Skin (Royal Albert Hall 88)
Spellbound (Royal Albert Hall 88)
Hong Kong Garden (Royal Albert Hall 88)


DVD


Metal Postcard (OGWT)
Jigsaw Feeling (OGWT)
Playground Twist (TOTPS)
Love In A Void (Something Else)
Regal Zone (Something Else)
Happy House (TOTPS)
Israel (Something Else)
Tenant (Something Else)
Israel (Warwick University)
Spellbound (Warwick University)
Arabian Knights (Warwick University)
Halloween (Warwick University)
Night Shift (Warwick University)
But Not Them (Warwick University)
Voodoo Dolly (Warwick University)
Eve White/Eve Black (Warwick University)
Spellbound (TOTPS)
Fireworks (TOTPS)
Melt! (OGWT)
Painted Bird (OGWT)
Melt! (Oxford Road Show)
Overground (Oxford Road Show)
Dear Prudence (TOTPS)
Dear Prudence (TOTPS)
Swimming Horses (TOTPS)
Cities In Dust (OGWT)
Lands End (OGWT)
This Wheel's On Fire (TOTPS)
Peek A Boo (TOTPS)
Kiss Them For Me (TOTPS)

[cubby]

Anyone get this yet? Just curious.

[Rubellan]

Just got it yesterday. The CD's all sound really good. The DVD is Region 0 PAL, so you will need a multi-region/format player for the DVD. Unfortunately, this means you loose the "video tape" look when it converts from PAL to NTSC.

Also just got the Thomas Dolby sinlges CD/DVD. The remastering has NO compression and no bad attempts at 'improvement'. I'm very pleased. The DVD is NTSC region 0, and the video tape look of videos like Europa and Hyperactive is fully intact. A great product.

Scott

[roefke]

no , i went to the record shop today but still not in stock. The guy did not even ever heard about it. It is becoming difficult to find good record stores here arround [:(]